Kulo mjaho obungoMgqibelo, eSenhora dos Verdes park, eGouveia. UFrancisco Carvalho – naye okwiMini – ugcine ephume endaweni yesibili, yize aziwa njengomshayeli odle izicoco eziningi kulo mqhudelwano. UJoão Batista yena, ngemuva kwesondo leMercedes-Benz, wathatha indawo yokugcina emsamo.
Emqhudelwaneni wabezindaba uLuís Merca uthathe indawo yokuqala emsamo, walandelwa u-António Catarino noRicardo Carvalho. Emqhudelwaneni wabesifazane uVera Vozone nguyena odle umhlanganiso eshayela iMini elandelwa nguMariana Lemos noMaria Carpinteiro Albino.
Okunye okugqamile ku-20th Rally da Guarda kwaba ukuba khona kweRenault 8 Gordini okwathi ngo-1967, eqhutshwa uJosé Carpinteiro Albino, yawina i-TAP Rally. Imoto ibishayelwa indodana yakhe u-Eduardo Carpinteiro Albino, okwathi ngemuva kweminyaka engu-50 wakwazi ukuvala abayishumi abahamba phambili kwi-Rally.
Phakathi kwezenzo ezithile zeRenault, Ford neBridgestone/First Stop, ababambiqhaza bakhethe iRenault kanye neFord “njengohlobo lwemoto olungcono kakhulu ku-Rally”.
Kulo mbuthano, ophawulwe, kusukela ekuqaleni, ngomoya wokuzijabulisa nobungane, kanye nemidlalo nemidlalo yabaqhudelana phakathi kwabo noma ngokumelene nenhlangano, isiko lagcinwa futhi ukusungula kwabonakaliswa, kusukela ekufundweni kwemibhalo ehlekisayo, kuya ku umhlobiso oyinqaba wezimoto.